“When Cardiff scored the second, if I’m honest I thought we might lose the game, so it’s an amazing feeling – I can’t explain it.

“It’s the best feeling I ever had in football, for sure.”

The former Villarreal left-back also admitted he was relieved his penalty-taking abilities were not required during a tense shoot-out. “If I had to take one, I would take one – but if I’m honest I didn’t want to because I’m no good at taking penalties!” he said.